Aller, Stephen G., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Membrane protein structure and function, cystic fibrosis, X-ray crystallography, Tangier disease, atomic 3D cryo-electron microscopy, rational drug design, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, high-affinity metal transport
Augelli-Szafran, Corinne, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Study of the biology of various diseases in many therapeutic areas, including neurodegeneration, psychotherapeutics, inflammation, pain, cardiovascular, cancer, infectious diseases, diabetes, cystic fibrosis. Design and synthesis of small molecules for a molecular target. Optimizing and transforming nominal hit(s) into a chemical series from which active drug-like compounds are identified and move forward into preclinical/clinical development.
Banerjee, Sanjib, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Human papillomaviruses
Bedwell, David, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Co-Director, UAB Structural Biology Program
Associate Director, Gregory Fleming James CF Research Center
Research Interests: Translation termination in eukaryotes
Beliaeva, Olga, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Retinoic acid biosynthesis pathway
Chesnokov, Igor, Ph.D.
Professor
Vice Chair of Research
Research Interests: DNA replication and cell cycle progression in eukaryotes
Cingolani, Gino, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, UAB Center for Integrative Structural Biology
Research Interests: Nucleocytoplasmic transport; viral genome delivery; bacterial viruses
Deivanayagam, Champion, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Bacterial pathogenesis
Du, Ming, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Premature termination codons
Edwards, Yvonne J.K., Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Bioinformatics
Research Interests: Bioinformatics to study Complex Biological Systems and Disease; Precision Medicine
Gupta, Romi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Genomic and Targeted Approaches for Cancer Gene and Therapeutic Target Discovery
Kedishvili, Natalia, Ph.D.
Professor
Departmental Wellness Champion
Research Interests: Biosynthesis of retinoic acid
Keeling, Kim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Premature termination codons
Padi, Sathish, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Integrative structural and cell biology approaches to investigate dynamic serine/threonine phosphatase mediated signaling in diverse pathological conditions, including cancer
Petit, Chad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Host-pathogen interactions involving influenza viruses and coronaviruses
Placzek, William, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Cancer gene regulation
Popov, Kirill, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of metabolic control
Renfrow, Matthew, Ph.D.
Professor
Vice Chair of Faculty Development
Research Interests: nephropathy and the analysis of protein glycosylation in diseases by mass spectrometry
Rizzardi, Lindsay F., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Functional genomics; single cell technologies, long-read transcriptomics, neurodegenerative diseases
Ryan, Thomas M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Cellular, genetic, and stem cell therapies in humanized animal models of hemoglobinopathy
Schneider, David, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Ribosome biosynthesis; Regulation of gene expression
van Waardenburg, Robert C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Structure-function analysis, sub-cellular distribution, PTM activity regulation and substrate identification of TDP1 and SULT enzymes.
Vassylyev, Dmitry, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Structural analysis of transcription
Wajapeyee, Narendra, Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Transcription Regulation, Oncogenic Signaling, Metabolism and Anti-tumor Immune Regulation
Wang, Fengbin (Jerry), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cryo-EM and method development, Microbial conductive nanowires, Self-assembled nanotube design
Zhao, Rui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Pluripotent stem cells